Dress warmly and run loops near home. I ran for years in Canada and Buffalo and much prefer that to my current sunbelt running. First mile is chilly, then one feels great. Winter running, in the dark morning hours after a snowfall, is utopia; no one is out and one feels self-sufficient and hardy. It changes one, for the better.
ihatecold wrote:
It's not supposed to get above 20 degrees for the next week and a half at least. Average low temps here are 20 degrees, so this is cold. And, I run in the morning at 7 am, so it's not even light out yet.
Tomorrow morning when I run, it's supposed to be 2 degrees, with a wind chill (~8 mph) of -8 degrees Fahrenheit. Is this too cold to run? Should I stick to the treadmill? I usually run for about an hour. I hate the treadmill, but I don't want to risk frostbite or anything else like that. How cold is too cold to go running outside?
This looks like a fun science experiment! Let's find the LD50 of cold!
runner who professes wrote:
Winter running, in the dark morning hours after a snowfall, is utopia; no one is out and one feels self-sufficient and hardy. It changes one, for the better.
My feelings, exactly!
runner who professes wrote:
Dress warmly and run loops near home. I ran for years in Canada and Buffalo and much prefer that to my current sunbelt running. First mile is chilly, then one feels great. Winter running, in the dark morning hours after a snowfall, is utopia; no one is out and one feels self-sufficient and hardy. It changes one, for the better.
Totally agree, except for the morning part.
40 degrees (F). Its never gotten that cold in Key West though.